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Report: U.S. Mobile Venture Capital Investment, Q2 2010

Summary:

Tremendous changes in the global economy, the mobile and wireless industry and the VC market over the past four quarters have been significant and apparent. The U.S. stock market is recovering after touching 12-year lows. Smartphone use is exploding, while the VC industry is struggling with lackluster returns. These trends are reflected in venture capital firms’ funding activity in the mobile and wireless space. In this report, we examine venture capital investment over the second quarter of 2010 with an eye on which sectors have attracted the most attention, and which areas are likely to continue to see growth in the coming months.

  1. Table of Contents
  2. About Peter Crocker
  3. About CB Insights
  4. About GigaOM Pro
  5. Executive Summary
  6. Market Overview
    1. Mobile and Wireless Market
    2. The Venture Capital Market
    3. Mobile and Wireless VC Investing
    4. Largest Mobile and Wireless Deals
      1. Mobile Software/Services and Wireless Telecom Services
    5. Telecom Services
      1. Wireless Telecom Services
      2. VoIP and IMS
    6. Mobile Software and Services
      1. Mobile Payments Growing Steadily
      2. Social Networking, Location and Gaming
      3. Advertising
      4. Application Development
      5. Business Intelligence and Analytics
  7. VC Investment by Region
    1. Three States Dominate Investment
    2. California is Dominating
    3. East Coast Investment Slowed While West Coast Grew
  8. Deal Analysis
    1. Average Deal Size
    2. Round
  9. Conclusion
  10. Further Reading

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